The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-08-18
Across the Mountains.

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AcrOSS the Mountains.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Aug. II, Isl.
Mr.. EDITOR: This bright and beauti-
full morning, with the cool breeze fan
ming US, in company with our juvenile
companions, Harry and Lloyd, we visited
a crippled invalid living, or rather
breathing, in abject poverty in Muck
town. A man whom God blessed with a
hale, stout, iron constitution, good looks
and abundance of natural sense, pleas
ant wife and two bright little children,
but who gave over to his love for liquor,
until one night while in drunken state,
he fell from the street car and was
mangled to most pitiful condition.
He is now lying stretched on his bed in
what they call home. One little, narrow
room, with stove very near his bed, and
other household possessions piled around
him, this hot weather trying to breathe
and live on. For this room they pay
FIVE dollars a month, and if they fail to
come up with their rent just one day,
they will be thrown out into the street.
The pale cheek, the haggard look OF that
mother as she stands at the table ironing,
from the heated stove, trying so hard in
her tired, weary state to keep "the wolf
from the door," haunts me, but, thank
God, that Holy Spirit is not debarred
from such novels. The ray of Light
which beams down from Mt. Calvary
can be brought into the very darkest
hovel, and "The prayers of faith shall
save the sick, and the Lord shall raise
him up, and if he has committed sin
they shall be forgiven him." With our
daily companion, (God bless our old
Bible) we opened and read the fourteenth
chapter of John, and eleventh of He.
brews, feeling in our heart that ellis
grace is sufficient for US, for his strength
is made perfect in weakness" The
spirit itself made intercession for us all,
and the beam Of joy which lit up the
pale face of the tired mother, the bright
and CHEEKY countenance of their inno-
cent little children, and the silent tears
rolling down the flushed cheeks of the
inebriate father, as he grasped our hand,
pouring out from bis penitent heart
thanks and praise, and begged lis come
again, filled our heart full of joy as we
wended our way home through the streets
of the poor and needy, begging our
Father to forgive the sins of "That poor
soul, which to his everlasting residence,
before the dew of evening fall, might
fleet" To work for the good Of others
brings happiness to our own heart, feel
ing every day that Divinity (Which
shapes our ends, rough.hew them as We
may) tells us all honest work is noble,
but the noblest of all work is that of
winning souls. 1t enables US to find
tongues in trees, bt oks, in the running
brooks, sermons in stones, and good in
everything.
The City of Knoxville is all aglow
over the new railroad in vogue to run
through our Southern States. Alta dem
onstration meeting last night an out.
pouring of the spirit and people throngcd
the streets which was lit up by electricity,
riding in procession with over one thou
sand torch lights, and as many flags dis,
tributed among the wards in proportion
to number, several very handsome floats,
and hundreds oftransparencies, all beam
ing over men of every political creet
which swelled the crowd. The million
aire, the laborer, the merchant prince,
the mechanic, Republicans and Demo
Gratis, marched side by side, and the
slogan was "hurrah for Knoxville"
The ladies were out, and three bands
furnished the music. The speakers ad-
dressed humanity by the acre." one
predicting town of hundred thousand
inhabitants before he would be elected
president" and he wanted the roads so
he could grow rich and be called "Alis-
ter" for now he is poor and everybody
calls him "Joe."
These people are progressive, and their
beautiful and healthy "City in the Noun
tains" is growing in every direction.
Edgewood, Mucktown, Bells Aveneu,
East Port, Brookside, Mechanicsville,
are some of the beautiful towns nestled
around the suburbs of this city. Ard
healthy the most healthy country I was
ever in, is East Tennessee.
Most strangers visiting here from the
two Carolinas and Virginia are gaining
from two to three pounds week. The
air, the water, the kindness received at
the hands of strangers, all invigorates
and helps us to grow strong.
B. CLEMENT.